Nags Head House for Rent: CRISCOTAN is a luxury home with ocean and sound views,handicapped friendly - Property 181706

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Take in the History of the Area: Wright Memorial Monument Site of the world's first controlled powered flight on December 17, 1903. The Visitor Center features full-scale reproductions of the Wright 1903 Powered Flyer and interpretive presentations. A centennial pavilion boasts an exhibit hall with special exhibits, including a replica of the 1902 Wright Glider and a multipurpose auditorium. The Lost Colony Experience a 423 year-old mystery and MORE! An exciting, action-packed drama about America's beginnings. Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paul Green, the production tells the story of the English colonists who vanished without a trace. Celebrate their legacy through this dramatic spectacle of music and dance. The lavish costumes designed by five-time Tony Aware-winner William Ivey Long. Chicamacomico Lifesaving Station Historic Site Most complete U.S. Lifesaving Station site in the nation, with original station built in 1874 and a second station constructed in 1911.

Take in the Outdoors: Outer Banks Fishing Featuring some of the nation's best angling waters, the Outer Banks is a sport fisherman's paradise. Fishing along the coast is offered in a variety of forms -- surf and pier fishing, freshwater, fly and sound fishing, inshore and offshore charter fishing. Shelling Our beaches are perfect for shelling and beach combing. The best times to look for shells are after a high tide, after a storm, in the morning, and during the winter months. Surfing Surfers come from all over America, and indeed, the globe for a chance to score the world class waves of the Outer Banks. When surfing is good on the Outer Banks, it is VERY good! Sticking way out into the Atlantic Ocean as our islands do, not far from the Continental Shelf, waves can come from many directions with little reduction in energy. Diving The remains of more than 1,500 ships line our seafloor which is why The Outer Banks' coast is known as the 'Graveyard of the Atlantic.'

Visit the Lighthouses: Bodie Island Lighthouse Located eight miles south of US-158 and US-64 intersection and within the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The 156-foot tall horizontally-striped lighthouse is not open for climbing. Cape Hatteras Lighthouse The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, known as 'America's Lighthouse,' is the tallest brick beacon in the World, standing 208-feet high. The substantial structure, built in 1870, is black and white spiral-striped and the international symbol of the North Carolina coast. Currituck Beach Lighthouse A day-trip to the north of the Outer Banks is the village of Corolla, located 15 miles north of Duck. There, on December 1, 1875 the beacon of the Currituck Beach Lighthouse filled the remaining 'dark spot' on the North Carolina coast between Cape Henry light to the north and Bodie Island to the south.

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